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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

May 21, 2001Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2001, 6:10 PM EDT for Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2001, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2001, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gallia County, OH, Meigs County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1016 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1016 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS51 KRLX 212211
TORRLX
OHC053-105-212245-
/NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0006.212210-212245/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
610 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GALLIA COUNTY IN OHIO...
  MEIGS COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

* AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR VINTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF RIO
  GRANDE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE RUTLAND.

<<CALL TO ACTION>> THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.

<<CALL TO ACTION>> STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson33 min
May 21, 6:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson3 hr
May 21, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXJackson16 min
May 21, 6:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia3 hr
May 21, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXGallia, Meigs25 min
May 21, 7:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs, Vinton3 hr
May 21, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXMeigs16 min
May 21, 7:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.